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Powerful, Great Sounding Home Cinema Audio with ARC Room Correction

Anthem is our preferred audio video receiver and processor brand for home cinema installations that require serious performance at a price point below Trinnov. The Anthem MRX and AVM ranges combine excellent amplification with ARC Genesis — Anthem’s own room correction system — delivering a level of calibration accuracy that significantly outperforms the auto-correction software found in most home cinema receivers. For rooms where the speaker system and acoustic environment deserve a processor that will properly reveal their capability, Anthem is the recommendation we make most frequently at this tier.

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Anthem ARC Genesis — Why Room Correction Matters

The acoustic behaviour of a room is the single largest variable in home cinema audio performance. Even with excellent speakers and a capable amplifier, untreated room reflections, bass modes and frequency imbalances between left, right and surround channels will prevent a system from performing as its specification suggests it should. ARC Genesis — Anthem Room Correction Genesis — addresses this through a comprehensive measurement and equalisation process. A calibrated measurement microphone captures the room’s response at multiple listening positions; the software applies time-aligned, frequency-corrected output to every channel, including Anthem’s Bass Control for precise low-frequency management. The audible result is a more balanced, more coherent system that performs consistently from every seat in the room.

The Anthem MRX Series — Integrated AV Receivers

The Anthem MRX range covers the mid-to-high end of the integrated AV receiver market. The MRX 1140 delivers 11 channels of amplification with full Dolby Atmos and DTS:X decoding, supporting configurations up to 7.2.4 without the need for external amplification. The MRX 740 offers 7 channels. Both include ARC Genesis and support 4K HDR passthrough including Dolby Vision and HDR10+. For Artcoustic-based cinema installations — where the speakers’ high efficiency means that the extra power of separate amplification is not always necessary — the MRX range regularly delivers excellent results without the complexity of a separate processor and power amplifier stack.

The Anthem AVM Series — Separates Processors

For larger and more complex cinema systems, the Anthem AVM processor range provides the same ARC Genesis room correction and format decoding in a dedicated pre-amplification unit, partnered with separate Anthem MCA power amplifiers. This separates architecture decouples signal processing from amplification, reducing interference and providing the headroom to drive demanding speaker loads at higher channel counts. The AVM series is the right choice when the speaker count, room scale or installation complexity exceeds what an integrated receiver can manage — while keeping the project below the specification and cost level that Trinnov Altitude demands.

Anthem vs Trinnov — Which Should You Specify?

Both Anthem and Trinnov deliver excellent performance with serious room correction. The decision comes down to scale and budget. For cinemas with up to 7.2.4 channels where a single well-calibrated processor-amplifier solution is appropriate, Anthem is frequently the right choice — delivering outstanding results at a price point significantly below Trinnov. For large Dolby Atmos installations with 9 or more main channels, for rooms where WaveForming bass control is specified, or for the most demanding clients where only the reference standard will do, Trinnov is the recommendation. Custom Controls specifies both and calibrates both to the same exacting standard.

Anthem in Practice — Our Case Studies

Anthem appears throughout the Custom Controls case study portfolio. The Surrey home cinema — a reference-level 12-seat installation with a 4.5m Artcoustic speaker package — uses an Anthem MRX with ARC for room calibration. The Surrey loft cinema and the Lake District boat house cinema both use Anthem ARC as part of Artcoustic installations. In each case, the combination of a properly calibrated Artcoustic speaker package with Anthem ARC produces a result that significantly outperforms its price point.

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